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Home » Deep Dives » Climate poems

Category: Climate poems

Posted inClimate poems

Breathing and Peace

Avatar photo by LaFarra R. Hemphill October 3, 2024October 3, 2024

To have a breath of fresh air is laughableTo breathe and have it turn into asthma,turn into COPD then turn into lung canceris reality for meThere is no peace of self, family nor community, if there is no fresh airThe fresh air where I breathe it in and my whole body say ahhFresh air where […]

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I am tired of trying to be an environmentally friendly student, so here is a love letter 

Avatar photo by Jessica Hsu October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
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An Infinite Loop

Avatar photo by Stephanie Lane Sutton October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
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Ecology of Migration on Detroit River

Avatar photo by Katelyn Rivas October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
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AQI 200

Avatar photo by Bridget Saunders Vial October 3, 2024October 3, 2024
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Poem: the pulled card is a toppling tower

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Poem: Lights Out

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Poem: Disappointed in Joe

by Stella Hughes July 24, 2023July 19, 2024
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Poem: Branches of the Willow

Avatar photo by Courtney Burk July 24, 2023July 19, 2024

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